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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE 



Eliot (J.) — Continued. 



for many years, until a room was fitted up for 

 the reception of the whole library in the Old 

 South Chapel, in Spring Lane. A catalogue 

 was printed in 1846, and in 1866 the entire col- 

 lection was deposited in the Boston Public 

 Library. The page headings of Luke 21 and 

 24, on the recto of leaves L2 and L4, are cor- 

 rectly printed in this copy. See the Catalogue 

 of the American Portion of the Library of the 

 Bev. Thomas Prince (Boston, 1868), no. 110; 

 and the complete catalogue of The Prince Li- 

 brary (Boston, 1870), p. 6. 



(22) Library of Bowdoin College, Brunswick, 

 Maine. An imperfect copy, lacking the first 

 forty-two leaves or all before signature L (Ex- 

 odus XXX, 24), six leaves between the old and 

 new testaments or leaves LllllSto A2 (Zechariah 

 viii, 8, to Matthew iii, 10), and the last five 

 leaves of the new testament or leaves Uu3 to 

 Xx3 (Revelation x, 8, to the end) . The metrical 

 psalms are also lacking, except a small fragment 

 (leaf A4). Five leaves in the old testament, 

 between chapters x and xxii of 1st Chronicles 

 (Ccc4 to Ddd4), are badly mutilated. The book 

 was presented to the library some time previous 

 to the year 1821. It is mentioned in the histor- 

 ical Magazine (May, 1859), vol. 3, pp. 157, 158. 

 See the Catalogue of the Library of Bowdoin 

 College (Brunswick, 1863), p. 65. Information 

 furnished by the librarian, Mr. Georgt^ T. Little, 

 in letters of December 16 and 27, 1889. 



(23) Library of the British Museum, London. 

 In the Grenville collection. Bound in blue mo- 

 rocco. This copy was formerly owned by the 

 Hon. Edward Everett, while minister of th«^ 

 United States to Great Britain, 1841-1845, and 

 was presented by him to the Hon. Thomas 

 Grenville (born 1755, died 1846). No exact de- 

 scription of the book has been obtained. See 

 the Bibliotheca Orenvilliana (London, 1848), part 

 2, p. 451, where it is entered with the Indian title. 

 See also no. 7 of this list. 



(24) United Congregational Church, New- 

 port, E. I. Inclosed in a japanned tin box, and 

 deposited in the safe of one of the banks. It 

 is in the original dark calf binding, with clasps, 

 somewhat stained, and probably contains the 

 diamond shaped figure on the Indian new testa- 

 ment title. On the recto of the second leaf is 

 written, "Ezra Stiles. Bot out of the Library 

 of EeV^ Joseph Noyes of New Haven, 1761." 

 The Eev. Joseph Noyes was graduated at Yale 

 College in 1709, ordained pastor of the first 

 church in New Haven in 1716, and died in 1761, 

 aged 73 years. His son, Mr. John Noyes, was 

 graduated at Yale College in 1753, and died in 

 1767. On the recto of the first blank leaf is 

 written: "Ezra Stiles Ex dono D. Johannis 

 Noyes, de Novo Portu, Connecticuttsis." On 

 the title is written, "Ezra Stiles. Y. C. ;" on 

 one of the blank leaves, ' ' Ezra Stiles, Praeses ;" 

 on the first page of the text, "Ecclesiastical 

 Library Newport Ehode Island, Ezra Stiles;" 

 and on the inside of the front cover, "Ecclesi- 

 astical Library in the Care of the Association 



Eliot (J. ) — Continued. 



of Congregational Pastors, Rhode Island, Ezra 

 Stiles." The Eev. Ezra StUes was born in 1727, 



' and from 1756 to 1777 was pastor of the Second 

 Congregational Church in Newport. In 1778 

 he was elected president of Yale College, which 

 ofB.ce he held untU his death in 1795. This copy 

 of the bible is mentioned in Mr. Bartlett's list, 

 printed in the Historical Magazine (September, 

 1858) , vol. 2, p. 277 ; and also in Mr. O'Callaghan's 

 American Bibles (Albany, 1861), p. 12. Informa- 

 tion furnished by Dr. Ellsworth Eliot. 



(25) Library of the late Joseph "W". Drexel. 

 New York. Bound in russia extra, back gilt, 

 sides filleted. Size of the leaf, 7{^ by 5| inches. 

 "With the diamond shaped figure on the Indian 

 new testament title. On the title is written the 

 name of "H. Hobart." The book was after- 

 wards in the possession of Louis Hayes Petit, 

 Esq., at the sale of whose library in London, 

 April, 1869 (no. 638), it was purchased by Mr. 

 Quaritch the bookseller. He advertised it for 

 sale in July, 18G9 (252 Catalogue, no. 12), at 200?. 

 Mr. George Brinley, of Hartford, bought it, and 

 at the sale of the first portion of his library in 

 New York, March, 1879 (no. 788), it was pur- 

 chased by Mr. Drexel for $550. 



(26) Eev. "William Everett, Ph. D., Quincy, 

 Mass. In modern binding. The Indian new 

 testament title probably once contained the 

 diamond shaped figure, "for there is a round 

 spot in the blank space, about the size of the 

 ornament, which has been skilfully repaired, 

 but is evident." This copy was once owned 

 by the Eev. Edward Craven Hawtrey (born 

 1789, died 1862), head master of Eton School 

 and afterwards provost of th-e College, and con- 

 tains his autograph. It was presented by him 

 to the father of the present owner, the Hon. 

 Edward Everett (born 1794, died 1865), then 

 United States minister to England, whose at- 

 testation of the gift is dated June 4, 1842. This 

 copy is mentioned in Mr. Bartlett's list, printed 

 in the Historical Magazine (September, 1858), 

 vol. 2, p. 277. Information furnished by Dr. 

 Everett, in letter of December 7, 1889. 



(27) Library of Glasgow University, Glasgow. 

 No description has been obtained of this copy, 

 which may perhaps be of one of the other va- 

 rieties. See Dr. John Small's introduction to^ 

 his reprint of Eliot's Jndmn Primer (Edinburgh, 

 1877), p.xxviii, note. 



(28) Library of Harvard University, Cam- 

 bridge, Mass. In leather binding. "With the 

 diamond shaped figure on the Indian new testa- 

 ment title. It contains the inscription : "This 

 Book belonged to the late Eev'd Jn» Eox of 

 "Woburn, and is presented by his Son, Jon» Eox 

 of "Woburn to Harvard College Library. Eeb'y 

 25th, A. D. 1765." There are also the names of 

 several of the Fox family written on the blank 

 leaves. The Eev. John Fox was born in 1679, 

 was graduated at Harvard College in 1698, suc- 

 ceeded his father Jabez Fox as minister of the 

 Congregational church in "Woburn in 1703, and 

 died in 1756. See the Catalogue of the Library 



